"Bai Cha."
"Master He."
Bai Cha immediately replied.
"Am I despicable now?" He Hong asked.
"..."
Bai Cha was silent for a moment, thinking, before saying, "You can't help yourself, it's understandable. However, I don't quite understand why you don't care about Cheng'er."
"Isn't he your son?"
He Hong stopped in his tracks and took a deep breath.
"When I left, I was full of ambition. But in this world, it's very difficult to achieve things without someone backing you up."
"Five hundred taels of silver was cheated away in one go."
"I even begged on the streets for two months. How could I have the face to come back?"
"I have been to Chenzhou City, and seeing Brother Heng getting higher and higher, I don't have the courage anymore."
The five hundred taels was his money to start anew.
He remembered that he would return what was borrowed, but Cheng'er… He couldn't take him away.